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When a committee launches an inquiry, or starts looking at a Bill, they ask the public to submit their views. This is called a "call for views".

A call for views:

aims to help the committee understand the reasons people have for either supporting or opposing an issue
will not establish whether more people support or oppose an issue

All committees can carry out inquiries into any subject in their remits (area of responsibility).

You can search for any calls for views run by a committee since the start of the current session (May 2021). Filter by individual committee, or search by the title of a call for views.

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Displaying 9 calls for views

Committee Effectiveness - Short Survey

Status: Open

We want to hear from you about how effective committees at the Scottish Parliament are. Committees are groups of MSPs formed to look at specific subject issues. Each committee has MSPs from a mixture of political parties, with a balance similar to t...

Closes: 22 April 2025

Committee Effectiveness - Stakeholder Survey

Status: Open

We want to hear from you about how effective committees at the Scottish Parliament are. The Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee is carrying out an inquiry to look at committee effectiveness. To support the inquiry, were keen to ...

Closes: 22 April 2025

Inquiry into the Scottish budget process in practice

Status: Open

The committee is carrying out a short, focussed inquiry on how the Scottish budget process has worked in practice, during the current parliamentary session (2021-26). It aims to identify any improvements that can be made to the budget process, ahead...

Closes: 26 March 2025

Legal Aid Inquiry

Status: Open

The Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee is looking at civil legal assistance (Civil Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance for civil justice issues) and grant funding for advice organisations. Civil justice issues are the branch of the...

Closes: 17 April 2025

Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill

Status: Open

The Rural Affairs and Islands Committee is seeking your views on the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill, which was introduced by the Scottish Government on Wednesday 19 February 2025. What does the Bill do? The Bill aims to support the protection ...

Closes: 09 May 2025

Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill Call for Views

Status: Open

The Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee is looking at the Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill and wants to hear your views. What is the Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill? The Bill prop...

Closes: 04 April 2025

Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill: Financial Memorandum

Status: Open

About the Bill The Bill as introduced sets out that an MSP could be recalled: if they receive a sanction excluding them from Parliament for a certain period of time; if they receive a prison sentence of less than 6 months. When an MSP is recal...

Closes: 04 April 2025

Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill

Status: Open

The Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill was created to simplify the funding landscape for post-school education and training. It was introduced on 5 February 2025. The Bill is in three main parts. Part 1 focuses...

Closes: 11 April 2025

Tertiary Education and Training Bill Financial Memorandum - Call for Views

Status: Open

About the Bill The purpose of the Bill is to reform and simplify the framework for the funding of post-school education and skills training in Scotland. The Bill does so primarily by making provision for the Scottish Further and Higher Education Fun...

Closes: 16 April 2025